alsa-oss

[Warren Togami]

Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams wrote:
> On Wed, 2005-06-01 at 10:09 +0800, Yuan Yijun wrote:
> 
>>2005/6/1, Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams <ivazquez at ivazquez.net>:
>>
>>>With the pcm.!dsp target alsa-oss is obsolete.
>>>
>>
>>please explain more. There is no pcm.!dsp in default configuration,
>>how to add it?
> 
> 
> In your asoundrc file add the following:
> 
> pcm.!dsp {
>   type plug
>   slave.pcm <dmix slave without "pcm.">
> }
> 
> If for instance your dmix slave is pcm.dmixer then you would put
> "dmixer" where the angle brackets are:
> 
> pcm.!dsp {
>   type plug
>   slave.pcm "dmixer"
> }
> 
> This will allow apps that use the obsolescent OSS interface to use
> software mixing.
> 
> 

Is there any drawback to doing this by default?

Warren Togami
wtogami at redhat.com